5 papers
Revisiting the multi-mode rhombus circuit as a biased-noise qubit
Pablo Aramburu Sanchez, Trevyn F. Q. Larson, Anthony P. McFadden +3
In this work, we revisit the idea of using an interferometer of pairs of Josephson junctions as a protected rhombus qubit. Unlike in the original proposal, where the qubit states a…
Magnetic flux distribution, quasiparticle spectroscopy, and quality factors in Nb films for superconducting qubits
Amlan Datta, Bicky S. Moirangthem, Kamal R. Joshi +6
Niobium is a practical material platform for superconducting microwave circuits; however, device-level performance can vary significantly depending on film growth and processing co…
Quasiparticle spectroscopy in tantalum films with different Ta/sapphire interfaces
Bicky S. Moirangthem, Kamal R. Joshi, Anthony P. Mcfadden +8
One of the crucial aspects of current research in quantum information science is the identification and control of loss mechanisms in superconducting circuits. Although microwave m…
Cryogenic growth of aluminum: structural morphology, optical properties, superconductivity and microwave dielectric loss
Wilson J. Yánez-Parreño, Teun A. J. van Schijndel, Anthony P. McFadden +7
We explore the molecular beam epitaxy synthesis of superconducting aluminum thin films grown on c-plane sapphire substrates at cryogenic temperatures of 6 K and compare their behav…
Interface-sensitive microwave loss in superconducting tantalum films sputtered on c-plane sapphire
Anthony P. McFadden, Jinsu Oh, Lin Zhou +5
Quantum coherence in superconducting circuits has increased steadily over the last decades as a result of a growing understanding of the various loss mechanisms. Recently, tantalum…